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Day in photos: Feb. 26, 2013

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Six-year-old Theresa looks at a fried egg jellyfish at SeaLife Aquarium in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews are covered in foam from some messy celebration of the festival of Purim in Jerusalem.

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Indian commuters hang out of the door of a packed local line in Calcutta, India.

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A trio of nuns walk through St Peter's Square in Vatican City as the Catholic Church prepares for Pope Benedict XVI's retirement later this week.

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Dancer perform with Honduran singer Angela Bendeck (not pictured) during competition at the Vina del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.

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Boys play in floodwaters outside a school in Narathiwat province, Thailand.

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A parrot grabs a snack from a bush on the outskirts of Guwahati, India.

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Granddaughters of the late Stephen Knapp, Alyssa, left, and Sabrina, leave roses at the Sept. 11th Memorial in New York during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

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Workers wash the glass roof of the National Grand Theatre in Beijing, China.

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Goodyear workers burn tires outside the company's Amiens, France, plant in protest of plans to close the money-losing site, which employs 1,173.

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An upside-down and costumed Andrew Garfield films a scene for 'The Amazing Spiderman 2' in Midtown Manhattan.

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Miami defensive back Brandon McGee misses a diving grab during drills at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.